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Commandments For The Speed Of Security
Apr 25, 1:00AM
PF Chang’s. Domino’s. eBay. Home Depot. Nieman Marcus. Sony. That isn’t just a list of wildly successful companies, it’s also a list of hacked companies; companies whose security was profoundly, publicly compromised. And it’s just a very small sample of a much larger set. The problem is not just that our industry’s approach to security is compromised but a… Read MoreYahoo Researchers Use A Phone's Touchscreen To Scan The Ear Like A Fingerprint
Apr 24, 11:51PM
What if your phone could let you — and only you — answer an incoming call, no thumb print/PIN/swipe gesture required? Instead of a finger, it’d gauge the shape of your ear; instead of a fingerprint sensor, it’d use the touchscreen your phone already has built-in. That’s the idea behind Bodyprint, a new concept out of Yahoo’s research labs. Read MoreOculus Co-Founder Nate Mitchell Will Give Disrupt NY The Real Deal On Virtual Reality
Apr 24, 10:59PM
Oculus is getting ready to launch its consumer Rift virtual reality headset so at TechCrunch Disrupt NY I’ll be sitting down with the man who made it. Nate Mitchell is the co-founder and VP of Product at Oculus. While visionary Palmer Luckey and CEO Brendan Iribe get a lot of attention, its Mitchell who’s in charge of engineering, product, its Story Studio content team, and making… Read MoreIntroducing TechCrunch TV Live From Disrupt NY
Apr 24, 10:12PM
Disrupt NY 2015 is days away and we’re thrilled to announce the TechCrunch video team will be broadcasting interviews, updates, and great startup action live from the Exhibit Hall floor. In the past, our video team has been hidden backstage, occasionally sneaking out from inside a secret lair with cameras and microphones. This year TechCrunch TV Live will quite literally be in… Read MoreInstagram Cuts Off Hot GIF App Phhhoto From Its Social Graph
Apr 24, 9:51PM
“Removed instagram friend-finding cause they blocked us! #nochill” This note in hip GIF app Phhhoto‘s latest release notes was how it announced its users can no longer easily follow their Instagram friends. Instagram confirmed to me that it has blocked Phhhoto’s Find Friends access, but it has a policy of not discussing platform enforcement issues regarding specific… Read MoreAn Early Look At The Apple Watch App Ecosystem
Apr 24, 9:27PM
With the Apple Watch now officially on the market, and soon to be on the wrists of several million customers – possibly as many as 20 million this year, according to some estimates – there’s a lot of curiosity about what kind of app ecosystem will spring up around the new device. Will Apple Watch owners actually be interested in actively reading news, shopping or playing… Read MoreCrunchWeek: Zenefits Loves Cash, Everyone's Watching Apple, And Amazon's Epic Quarterly Report
Apr 24, 9:01PM
Another week has left us in a miasma of earnings, product releases, and something called the Apple Watch. As such, it’s the perfect time to sit around our little round table we keep in the back of TechCrunch, and kick over the most important stories of the week: Amazon’s massively popular quarter, Zenefits’ massive capital raise, and, yes, the Apple Watch. This time around… Read MoreWhy WeChat City Services Is A Game-Changing Move For Smartphone Adoption
Apr 24, 9:00PM
Last month, WeChat launched City Services in select towns across China – if you’re already a user of WeChat, simply change your location to one of the three pilot cities and the language to Chinese and you’ll be presented with a wide array of additional services that may be accessed from right within the app. As the name says it, it basically is trying to solve all problems… Read More13 TechCrunch Stories You Don't Want To Miss This Week
Apr 24, 9:00PM
This week, Apple Watch deliveries officially arrived to the first pre-order customers, Q1 earnings were released and Google announced its wireless cell service Project Fi. These were our best stories of the week (4/18-4/24). Read MoreShinola, Grado Labs, And Adafruit To Talk Making And Manufacturing At Disrupt NY
Apr 24, 8:51PM
Manufacturing never left America. Even during the recession, good people were still building good things. Recently, though, thanks to the maker movement, small-scale manufacturing is seeing a renaissance throughout the world, something the president of Shinola, Vice President of Grado Labs, and founder of Adafruit will discuss at Disrupt NY. Each of these people have a unique vantage point on… Read MoreApigee Closes Its First Public Day Worth $16.68 Per Share, Down 1.9% From Its IPO Price
Apr 24, 8:35PM
Apigee, a company that helps organizations build and manage API connectors, went public this morning at $17 per share, briefly jumping to $20 per share before closing at $16.68, down 1.88 percent in its first day of regular trading. After-hours, the company is flat. The company sold 5,115,000 shares in its IPO, raising $87M according to its CEO Chet Kapoor. It trades under the symbol… Read MoreApple Watch Keeps Ticking After 15 Minutes Under Water
Apr 24, 8:27PM
It’s a hot day. You jump into a swimsuit, hop into the pool, and… suddenly remember that your Apple Watch is still on your wrist. Well, crap — $600 wrist computer ruined, right? Nope. Read MoreGillmor Gang LIVE 04.24.15
Apr 24, 8:08PM
Gillmor Gang – Danny Sullivan, Robert Scoble, Dan Farber, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session has concluded for today. Our live chat during show broadcast Gillmor Gang on Facebook Our sister show G3 on Facebook Archives of G3 on Ustream Read MoreValve's Launch Of Paid Mods Faces Backlash From Community
Apr 24, 8:07PM
PC gaming giant Valve is facing vocal backlash from its community a day after giving developers of game modifications the ability to charge for their work on the Steam platform. Read MoreWelcome To The Age Of 4D Printers
Apr 24, 7:53PM
Welcome to Future World where the weird is commonplace! To wit: engineers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science have created a 4D printer. That doesn’t mean the printer outputs objects into the space-time continuum. Instead, it means they are building objects that can change based on the physics of the materials used. By extruding objects in multiple materials,… Read MoreMicrosoft And Google Battle Once Again For Title Of Second Most Valuable Tech Company
Apr 24, 5:40PM
They’re back at it. After reporting earnings yesterday, Google and Microsoft are once again locked in their long-running battle for second. Apple, the most valuable technology company, is also the most valuable company in the world, with Google and Microsoft rounding off the top three. Google, up 3.56 percent as of the time of writing, is currently worth $385.59 billion. Microsoft, up… Read MoreGoogle Works To Improve Spam Detection Systems On Google Maps After Obscene Edits
Apr 24, 5:19PM
Google says it’s working to improve its spam-detection systems in its Google Maps platform after yet another prank allowed a user to upload an inappropriate image to Google Maps. This most recent image, which showed the Google Android mascot urinating on the Apple logo in the style of those unfortunate Calvin and Hobbes bootleg decals, was apparently uploaded by a Map Maker user… Read MoreThe 22 Best Apple Watch Health And Fitness Apps
Apr 24, 4:25PM
The Apple Watch, Apple’s first step into the world of wearables, starts shipping to consumers today. The Watch marks an interesting time in the wearable fitness space, in particular. Health and fitness trackers like Jawbone Up and Fitbit have dominated much of that space in the last few years. According to NDP, these wearable fitness devices sold close to 3.3 million units last year.… Read MoreBlackBerry In Consultation Period To Close Swedish Operations [Updated]
Apr 24, 3:58PM
Earlier this week smartphone maker BlackBerry confirmed it acquired Israel’s WatchDox to build out its security software business, but it looks like it may be downsizing elsewhere. According to reports from Swedish news sites, BlackBerry is closing down its software design operations in Sweden — a business that grew out of its acquisition of UI startup The Astonishing… Read MoreHeadout Raises $1.8 Million For Its Travel App That Puts A Concierge In Your Pocket
Apr 24, 3:58PM
Headout, a mobile travel application that functions as sort of a mobile concierge, helping you find tours, activities and tickets to local events in select U.S. cities, has closed on $1.8 million in seed funding in order to expand its business to new markets. Currently only live in New York and Los Angeles, the startup says it plans to utilize the funds to reach 12 more cities by year-end.… Read MoreIf at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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